RESIDENTS of a Rhymney Valley town are being warned to be on the look out for a driver trying to persuade random women into his car.

The Express received reports from a Rhymney man, who did not want to be named, saying that someone in a red car had tried to encourage both his sister and his mother into the vehicle on two separate occasions on Maerdy View.

He said: “Last night [Monday] it happened to my sister. She was walking home from my mam’s and he slowed the car right down in the bus stop and started waving his hands like mad and saying ‘come here’.”

A spokeswoman for Gwent Police confirmed the incident.

She said: “We are aware of an incident where a man in a red MG Rover type car stopped, gestured and beeped his horn at a woman walking on Maerdy View, Rhymney, on Monday night and we have also been informed of another incident in the same location.

“If you are approached by a car but do not know the driver do not get into the car and report it so we can build up a picture of the car’s whereabouts.

“This could be a perfectly innocent thing, so if the owner of the car recognises the description he should come forward.

“We would appeal to anyone who has been approached by the vehicle or recognises the description to get in touch with Gwent Police on 01633 838111.”